Fotos from two phones into one folder

[piotto]

I have two phones which each have a folder with fotos. These files should go into one single ‘myfotos’ folder on the server (and desktop) computer.

Would the following config work? Do you think the idea makes sense or would it be better to use separate folders on the server?

(sendonly) phone1/photos --> server/myfotos (s&r)
(sendonly) phone2/photos --> server/myfotos (s&r)

(send&receive) server/myfotos <-> desktop/myfotos (s&r)

[nekr0z (Evgeny Kuznetsov)]

It would work - with obvious limitations. Any photos you edit on your computers will not get synced back to phones, and accidentally clicking “override changes” on a phone would destroy all the edits to the photos from that phone you might have made elsewhere. And, of course, should you delete any photos on a phone (say, to free up space), those will get deleted on the computers, too.

Just so that you have an idea about possible alternatives, here’s my setup:

(s&r) phone/photos  --> server/phonephotos (receiveonly)
(s&r) tablet/photos --> server/tabletphotos (receiveonly)

a cron job that moves photos on server every now and then,
and sorts them neatly by date while it's at it:
server/[phone|tablet]photos --> server/photos/{year}/{month}

(s&r) server/photos <-> [desktop|laptop|2ndlaptop|whatever]/photos (s&r)

If I ever accidentally click “override” in server’s UI, the only trouble would be my server re-downloading the already moved photos from the device in question, but the cron job is smart enough not to overwrite the existing photos (and any possible modifications I’ve made to them).

Your mileage may vary

[piotto]

Very nice setup, thanks a lot. – I didn’t think about:

And, of course, should you delete any photos on a phone […] those will get deleted on the computers, too

Ups, yes, that would have happened.